Title & Author:

The dawn of European civilization. The Dark Ages / texts by David Oates [and others] ; edited by David Talbot Rice.

Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965.

Description:

360 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, plans, plates (some color) ; 36 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. The myth of the 'Dark Ages' / David Talbot Rice -- Beyond the frontiers of Rome: the rise and fall of Sasanian Iran / David Oates -- The empire of the Prophet: Islam and the tide of Arab conquest / R.H. Pinder-Wilson -- Between West and East: Armenia and its divided history / Sirarpie der Nersessian -- The heir of Rome: Byzantium frm Justinian to Theophilus / Cyril Mango -- The Christian citadel: The Byzantine world of the ninth and tenth centuries / J.M. Hussey -- The crucible of peoples: Eastern Europe and the rise of the Slavs / Tamara Talbot Rice -- Germanic Italy: the Ostrogothic and Lombard kingdoms / Donald Bullough -- 'The ends of the Earth': Spain under the Visigoths and Moors / William Culican -- Prelude to empire: The Frankish kingdom from the Merovingians to Pepin / Peter Lasko -- From the vigorous North: the Norsemen and their forerunners / David M. Wilson -- The coveted isles: Celtic Britain and the Anglo-Saxons / Charles Thomas -- The great king: Charlemagne and the Carolingian achievement / Philip Grierson -- After Charlemagne: The empire under the Ottomans / Donald Bullough -- The concept of Christendom: Medieval Europe takes shape / Denys Hay -- Chronological chart -- Select bibliography -- List and sources of illustrations -- Index.

Subject:

Civilization, Medieval.
Art, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
Moyen Âge.
Art médiéval.
Civilisation médiévale.
Civilization
Medieval art.
Europe History 392-814.
Europe Civilization.
Middle East Civilization.
Middle East History.
Europe Civilisation.
Moyen-Orient Civilisation.
Moyen-Orient Histoire.
Europe Histoire 392-814.
Middle East
Europe

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Rice, David Talbot, 1903-1972.
Oates, David, 1927-2004.
Pinder-Wilson, Ralph H.
Der Nersessian, Sirarpie, 1896-1989.
Mango, Cyril A.
Hussey, J. M. (Joan Mervyn)
Rice, Tamara Talbot.
Bullough, Donald A.
Culican, William.
Lasko, Peter.
Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931-
Thomas, Charles, 1928-
Grierson, Philip.
Hay, Denys.

Dark Ages

Holdings:

Location: Library main 83386
Call No.: IDX; ID:85-B11407
Status: Available